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Microtragulus

Mammalia - Argyrolagidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Microtragulus Ameghino p. 76
1914Microtragulus Rovereto p. 131
1997Microtragulus McKenna and Bell
2015Microtragulus García-López and Babot
2016Microtragulus Babot and García-López
2020Microtragulus Abello and Candela

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyArgyrolagidae
genusMicrotragulus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Microtragulus Ameghino 1904
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Microtragulus argentinus Ameghino 1904
Microtragulus bolivianus Hoffstetter and Villarroel 1974
Microtragulus catamarcensis Kraglievich 1931
Microtragulus reigi Simpson 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 8.00000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Tucumán) M. sp. (211304)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Bolivia (La Paz) M. bolivianus (142381)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. argentinus (198863)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) M. catamarcensis (157795)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (La Paz) M. bolivianus (70641 142380)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. reigi (202340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) M. bolivianus (198682 211369)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. reigi (199160)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. sp. (71304)